@inquirer/ansi

A lightweight package providing ANSI escape sequences for terminal cursor manipulation and screen clearing.

Special Thanks

Installation

npm install @inquirer/ansi

yarn add @inquirer/ansi

Usage

import {
  cursorUp,
  cursorDown,
  cursorTo,
  cursorLeft,
  cursorHide,
  cursorShow,
  eraseLines,
} from '@inquirer/ansi';

// Move cursor up 3 lines
process.stdout.write(cursorUp(3));

// Move cursor to specific position (x: 10, y: 5)
process.stdout.write(cursorTo(10, 5));

// Hide/show cursor
process.stdout.write(cursorHide);
process.stdout.write(cursorShow);

// Clear 5 lines
process.stdout.write(eraseLines(5));

Or when used inside an inquirer prompt:

import { cursorHide } from '@inquirer/ansi';
import { createPrompt } from '@inquirer/core';

export default createPrompt((config, done: (value: void) => void) => {
  return `Choose an option${cursorHide}`;
});

API

Cursor Movement

• cursorUp(count?: number) - Move cursor up by count lines (default: 1)
• cursorDown(count?: number) - Move cursor down by count lines (default: 1)
• cursorTo(x: number, y?: number) - Move cursor to position (x, y). If y is omitted, only moves horizontally
• cursorLeft - Move cursor to beginning of line

Cursor Visibility

• cursorHide - Hide the cursor
• cursorShow - Show the cursor

Screen Manipulation

• eraseLines(count: number) - Clear count lines and position cursor at the beginning of the first cleared line

License

Copyright (c) 2025 Simon Boudrias (twitter: @vaxilart)
Licensed under the MIT license.